>am using VFP 7.0
>Yes, from the command window "do packer" works fine.
>Yes, from explorer, it trashes the data.
>Yes, both on the same computer. Actually, I have repeated this on different computers.
>Yes, logged in as the same user. I have administrative rights in each case.
>The DBC and all tables are definatly excluded from the project.
>Yes all tables have always been in the same folder as the DBC.
Is there any antivirus program in play here? Any other process that could be intercepting file system calls?
Are the .DBC and tables on a local drive or a network drive? If network, what is the server OS?
Is there any possibility of a versio conflict e.g. VFP IDE is 7.0SP1 and .EXE or runtime files are not SP1?
Regards. Al
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